FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Even as the bruised faces of allied prisoners of war were being shown on Iraqi television, a U.S. Army reserve unit from Florida was studying how to treat Iraqi prisoners as humanely as possible. Even as the allied prisoners were making what appeared to be coerced statements, the 400th MP POW unit from Tallahassee was preparing to provide Iraqi prisoners with movies and games. And even as the International Committee of the Red Cross was saying that the Iraqi plan to use prisoners as human shields violated the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Florida reservists were studying those same conventions as they would a religious text.

A private viewing is scheduled for Monday evening in honor of Army Spc. Jorge Villacis, an Army soldier from Sunrise who was killed in December during his service in Afghanistan. The viewing is scheduled for 5-10 p.m. at the Fred Hunter Funeral Home located at 2401 S. University Drive in Davie. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A burial service for Villacis will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the South Florida VA National Cemetery, west of Lake Worth.

A private viewing is scheduled for Monday evening in honor of Army Spc. Jorge Villacis, an Army soldier from Sunrise who was killed in December during his service in Afghanistan. The viewing is scheduled for 5-10 p.m. at the Fred Hunter Funeral Home located at 2401 S. University Drive in Davie. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A burial service for Villacis will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the South Florida VA National Cemetery, west of Lake Worth.

He has been their friend and hero for many months, although the nine second-graders at St. Malachy Catholic School hadn't met their pal until Tuesday. Army Spc. Joshua Rotta, 20, of Pembroke Pines, is home from Iraq until May 10. He dropped by his little pen pals who had "adopted" him and eagerly awaited his safe arrival. "They defend our freedom so we can have a better place to live," said Valerie Lyons, 8, of Oakland Park, minutes before Rotta was welcomed by flags and songs. Nancy-Jane Greene's students adopted Rotta after another teacher met Rotta's mother at a gym. Greene jumped at the chance for her children to correspond with the soldier starting in December.

Daniel Lawson was such a hometown kid that no one who knew him ever thought he'd leave. His family has been here for generations, he went to public schools here, and he married the girl who in high school lived right next door. "This was his home; he had roots in this community," said Latoria Lawson, his widow and the mother of the couple's three children. But in a move that surprised everyone, Lawson enlisted in the Army, and soon after that he headed off to war, first to Iraq and then to Afghanistan.

It was the saddest of tough days for two Army units at Camp Marez as hundreds of sniffing, teary soldiers gathered to say their last goodbyes to four comrades killed in a suicide bombing last week. Monday's ceremony, in a darkened, hushed auditorium not far from the dining hall where the explosion tore through a lunchtime crowd, had all the customary rituals of a military farewell: the playing of taps, a gunshot salute and the soldiers' lonely helmet-topped weapons on display. After a busy week worrying about security in their encampment and dodging car bombs and gunfire outside in Mosul and enduring a Christmas far from home, the soldiers were allowed time to grieve.

Army investigators continue to sift through photographs and evidence of alleged abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison to try to identify more soldiers who were involved, possibly including members of military intelligence, and sources close to the investigation said more soldiers likely will be charged. Investigators are looking closely at the actions of three Army junior reservists with the 325th Military Intelligence Battalion, Spc. Roman Krol, Spc. Israel Rivera and Spc. Armin J. Cruz, the sources said.

Daniel Lawson was such a hometown kid that no one who knew him ever thought he'd leave. His family has been here for generations, he went to public schools here, and he married the girl who in high school lived right next door. "This was his home; he had roots in this community," said Latoria Lawson, his widow and the mother of the couple's three children. But in a move that surprised everyone, Lawson enlisted in the Army, and soon after that he headed off to war, first to Iraq and then to Afghanistan.

He has been their friend and hero for many months, although the nine second-graders at St. Malachy Catholic School hadn't met their pal until Tuesday. Army Spc. Joshua Rotta, 20, of Pembroke Pines, is home from Iraq until May 10. He dropped by his little pen pals who had "adopted" him and eagerly awaited his safe arrival. "They defend our freedom so we can have a better place to live," said Valerie Lyons, 8, of Oakland Park, minutes before Rotta was welcomed by flags and songs. Nancy-Jane Greene's students adopted Rotta after another teacher met Rotta's mother at a gym. Greene jumped at the chance for her children to correspond with the soldier starting in December.

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Even as the bruised faces of allied prisoners of war were being shown on Iraqi television, a U.S. Army reserve unit from Florida was studying how to treat Iraqi prisoners as humanely as possible. Even as the allied prisoners were making what appeared to be coerced statements, the 400th MP POW unit from Tallahassee was preparing to provide Iraqi prisoners with movies and games. And even as the International Committee of the Red Cross was saying that the Iraqi plan to use prisoners as human shields violated the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Florida reservists were studying those same conventions as they would a religious text.

A 20-year-old Florida National Guard soldier from Miami has been flown to Washington, D.C., for treatment of injuries he suffered in Kuwait last week in a vehicle rollover accident that killed a fellow soldier. Spc. Anthony Jimenez was reported in stable condition Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center, according to an Army spokeswoman in Kuwait. Jimenez, assigned to the 1st Battalion of the Guard's 124th Infantry Regiment, is one of more than 600 South Florida soldiers who arrived in Kuwait in February on a mission to escort convoys running troops and supplies in and out of Iraq.